Most
of the archaeological evidence relating to life in south-east Sutherland
is to be found in the Cyderhall-Camore Wood region. The earliest settlers
probably arrived c.5000 BC and established settlements below Skibo Castle.
These people would have been hunters and fishermen and one can still make
out the sites of shell middens from the north end of the Dornoch
Bridge.Chambered cairns at Embo, Evelix and Clashmore testify to the presence
of Neolithic farmers in the area – the Embo grave having been dated
at c.2500 BC.The hut circles at Camore indicate that the area was probably
populated by an established community of farmers some 500 years before
the birth of Christ.
Most
of the archaeological evidence relating to life in south-east Sutherland
is to be found in the Cyderhall-Camore Wood region. The earliest settlers
probably arrived c.5000 BC and established settlements below Skibo Castle.
These people would have been hunters and fishermen and one can still make
out the sites of shell middens from the north end of the Dornoch
Bridge.Chambered cairns at Embo, Evelix and Clashmore testify to the presence
of Neolithic farmers in the area – the Embo grave having been dated
at c.2500 BC.The hut circles at Camore indicate that the area was probably
populated by an established community of farmers some 500 years before
the birth of Christ.